FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has said the officials must remain firm in their decisions and act strictly in accordance with the law, without yielding to any pressure while performing their election duties. He assured them...
Senior BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the interim government must immediately begin functioning in the manner of a 'caretaker' administration for the sake of neutrality ahead of the upcoming general election, report agencies.The BNP standing committee member...
Rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram division in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere. Day and...
Two more deaths from dengue were reported in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 255 this year, reports UNB.The new deaths were reported in Dhaka South City...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
Detective Branch (DB) police arrested three drugs traders with 6,000 pieces of yaba pills from Jatrabari in the capital.The arrestees are Mosammat Rokeya Khatun (55), Khadiza Akter Sathi (25) and Momtaz Begum (54).DMP DC Talebur Rahman said a DB police...
Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, head of the Department of General Management at SBE, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), was appointed AACSB Regional Network Virtual Ambassador.The appointment was given under the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), USA, according...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
A delegation of leadership representatives from various sectors in Germany, including the government, private sector, civil society and academia, ended their five-day visit to Bangladesh on Tuesday.The visit was organised by the Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS) - Federal Academy for...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The government is set to finalise Mosque Management Policy 2025 this month aiming at protecting the interests of imams and muezzins.A high official at the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) said the policy is now being drafted considering the demand...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has lodged two separate cases against Sub-Registrar Md Nurul Amin Talukder, his wife Mosammat Nurunnahar Khanam, and daughter Jinnat Talukder, accusing them of amassing and laundering money to the tune of over Tk 301 million through...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
A student from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was arrested during overnight protest on the campus on Wednesday.Sreeshant Roy, a student from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a resident of Ahsanullah Hall, was arrested...
Police obstructed a 'symbolic march' of the Chakri Pratyashi Protibondhi Graduate Parishad (Job-Seeking Graduates with Disabilities Council) towards the chief adviser's Jamuna residence in the capital on Wednesday while the procession reached Shahbag Police Station from TSC. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The government is set to introduce major reforms in the process of obtaining driving licences, including a mandatory 60-hour training programme aimed at improving drivers' understanding of traffic rules, road signs, and vehicle control.The move is part of a broader...
The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) on Wednesday gave approval for the import of a total of 100,000 tonnes of rice, including parboiled and Atap varieties, worth about Tk 4.46 billion, alongside several key infrastructure and power-sector proposals...
Metrorail authorities overnight debarred entry into its stations without journey purpose, saying one would have to pay Taka 100 once someone's rapid pass is scanned at the concourse floor, reports BSS.The state-run Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), which runs...
Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Anisuzzaman Chowdhury on Wednesday stressed the need for ensuring operational autonomy of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to strengthen its role as the capital- market regulator as enjoyed by the central bank, reports UNB."If...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The dispute over the Sonali Bank PLC's holdings in the Pubali Bank could not be resolved in the last 41 years and now the Financial Institutions Division (FID) has sought the Finance Division's intervention to find out an amicable solution,...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The devastating fire at the cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has inflicted immediate losses of more than US$8.0 million on Bangladesh's textile and readymade garment industry. Sector leaders fear the blaze, which destroyed imported raw materials and...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday reiterated his government's commitment towards holding the upcoming national elections in February in a peaceful and joyful atmosphere."The National Consensus Commission did an excellent job by bringing major political parties together to sign...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) on Wednesday met experts to review recommendations on the methods and procedures for implementing the July National Charter. The Commission has continued its talks with the experts because some suggestions-including holding a referendum on the...
LONDON, Oct 22 (BBC): A small number of British planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a US-led multinational taskforce to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.The taskforce, called the...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
US energy-giant Chevron is set to begin work on the Jalalabad Compression Project (JBC) next year to harness additional natural gas."Chevron has submitted a budget of its works for the next year, where it included projected costs of the JBC...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
After weeks of regulatory-intervention-driven stability, Bangladesh's foreign-exchange market suddenly starts heating up with exchange rate recording over 50-paisa rise in a day, officials and bankers said.They said the taka-greenback exchange rates had risen on the market for the last couple...
The formation of a caretaker government before the implementation of the July Charter is not feasible, National Citizen Party Convenor Nahid Islam said, reports bdnews24.com.On Wednesday, following a meeting with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, he said if anyone intended to...
Jamaat-e-Islami has called for the immediate establishment of a legal framework to implement the July National Charter, saying that the consensus achieved through months of multi-party dialogue must now be given the force of law.The party's central Naib-e-Amir, Dr Syed...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
Application of artificial intelligence (AI) in disaster recovery (DR) planning remains almost entirely non-existent in Bangladesh's banking sector, according to a recent survey. The Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) survey revealed that about 95 per cent of institutions admitted...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) offers joint collaboration with Bangladesh for promoting investment and export.New Country Director for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Office in Bangladesh Max Tuñón made the overtures Wednesday as he assumed his responsibilities as the country...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
Fifteen in-service military officers were Wednesday produced in the International Crimes Tribunal-1 in Dhaka and sent to jail in cases of crimes against humanity. Soon after the court order, they were taken to the cantonment sub-jail.They, along with the top...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-10-23 00:00:00
A much-debated project distributing development works for Members of Parliament (MPs) during the deposed Awami League regime makes a comeback with cost and time escalations despite being earlier forsaken by the current interim government, sources say. The Local Government Division...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 22 (BSS): A new bulk carrier ship, 'MB Banglar Pragati,' will formally join the fleet of the state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) tomorrow. This addition is expected to increase its goods transport capacity by sea and boost revenue...
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